George Hilliard

Canadian politician
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IntroCanadian politician
PlacesCanada
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1827
Death23 May 1892 (aged 65 years)
Politics:Liberal-Conservative Party
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Biography

George Hilliard (1827 – May 23, 1892) was a Canadian businessman and politician from the province of Ontario.

Born in Morrisburg, Upper Canada, the son of Christopher Hilliard, a British officer, and Catherine Meyer, Hilliard came to Peterborough County in 1847. He began working as a clerk in Peterborough in 1847. He opened his own general store with his brother and later managed a lumber business. In 1862, he purchased a saw mill and afterwards a large stone flouring mill. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Peterborough West in the 1878 election. A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1882 election.

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